A rejuvenated Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello has turned his fortunes around this season and is now Jenson Button's biggest threat in the world championship. Jonathan Noble explains why the Briton had better watch out for Rubinho
Twelve months ago, it seemed that whatever Rubens Barrichello did turned to disaster. The Honda RA108 was terrible - and he could not even throw his balaclava to the crowd in Singapore without it going badly wrong when the wind carried it into the harbour.
It was little wonder then that many had written off his chances of remaining in Formula 1 for another season - his 17th at the top level - as all eyes turned to Bruno Senna as the next great hope for Brazil.
Share Or Save This Story
Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.
More from Jonathan Noble
Wolff: Mercedes can't just keep living off F1 ‘bright spots’
Sargeant baffled about not being told of illegal F1 safety car overtake
Mercedes plans Miami F1 upgrades as Russell urges back to basics approach
F1’s new points system looks on course to get support it needs
Horner: Wolff should focus on his own F1 problems, not “unavailable” Verstappen
Exclusive: F1 to discuss new points structure
Alonso: Aston Martin F1 should not apologise for being “too fast” in qualifying
Why F1 2026 worst case fears could be key to new rules success
Latest news
Wolff: Mercedes can't just keep living off F1 ‘bright spots’
From tweaked headrests to new floors: China’s F1 updates in full
Pourchaire eager for more IndyCar after “amazing” debut in Long Beach
Was Long Beach really Scott Dixon’s greatest IndyCar drive yet?
Autosport Plus
Chinese Grand Prix Driver Ratings 2024
Why Verstappen's China F1 win was a sideshow to the real battle
How the pursuit of marginal F1 gains caused Sauber's pitstop stumbles
The short-term pain that hides a very real Williams improvement
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.